Physical properties of wax deposits on the walls of crude pipelines

Petroleum Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-68

  Huang, Qiyu ^a   Wang, Jifeng ^a   Zhang, Jinjun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Pipeline; Wax appearance temperature (WAT); Wax content; Wax deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649366096     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-009-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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